Mood Rollercoster

gjray · September 26, 2006

Help! Tell me I am not losing my mind. I have been losing constantly (not as much as I'd like). I am getting compliments from people that never spoke to me before. My skin is glowing, my clothes fit like clothes should and men are noticing me. Intially I enjoyed the compliments, but now they are sort of embarrassing. Two weeks ago, I was excited that I could fit into another new size, now I am back to seeing myself as a 'fattie'. Before the weight loss I was able to blame a lot of things on the weight. Now I can't seem to shake the 'poor me' syndrome. I seem to have gotten into a 'funk' and I can't make any sense of it. Is this something that anyone has encountered or am I just a 'whacko'? :angry

GRAY

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sugarplum · September 26, 2006

this is very common u have changed so much physically but your mind has not comprehended that yet, it takes time to ajust your thoughts and feelings to this is the new you forever, you will get used to this and acept that this is the new you, enjoy it this is what all us bander strive towards. it just takes alittle longer to get used to be the new us once we get there, u will be fine ! good luck from

liz xxxx

clarityseeker · September 26, 2006

I have been thin and I have been fat. I have felt good about myself on both ends of the spectrum and also have felt yucky about myself too. For me, I realize that my life-long struggle with my weight has A LOT to do with my emotional and mental issues. The band is a tool that helps the Physical aspect of dealing with being MO, but I have found that I am having to deal with my "Issues" surrounding food, my addiction to sugar, and my aversion to exercise. These issues won't be helped by my Band. For example, I thought that I was fat throughout high school, college, and into my early adulthood. I weighed at most 135 and as little as 115. I look back at photos and realize just how screwed up my body image was. There were times that I looked too thin! So, I have to work on the emotional/mental/spiritual stuff too.

Good luck!